A 24-year-old woman, Yoon, was initially thought to have accidentally suffocated after a octopus' tentacle was found stuck in her throat in 2010. The case took a new twist when the deceased's father discovered a life insurance policy signed up by his daughter a week before her death, with her boyfriend, the alleged killer as the beneficiary.

The suspect, Kim had reportedly checked into a motel with his girlfriend after buying two live octopuses from a local restaurant. Kim was arrested for murder recently after investigations revealed that he might have stuffed the octopus into Yoon's throat.

Regulators may hold up deal in attempt to seek more access to S'pore banking sector.

Regulators may use DBS Bank's bid for Indonesia's Bank Danamon as a bargaining chip and delay approval until Singapore agrees to offer reciprocal access to its banking sector.

Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Darmin Nasution and his deputy Muliaman Hadad said on Wednesday that they wanted to use DBS' bid to acquire the Indonesian bank, in which Temasek Holdings has a majority stake, to start negotiations on the matter

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said that the police are currently investigating the now-cancelled "Escape Chapel Party".
This picture was the initial promotional advertisement for the "Escape
Chapel Party", which will be held on 7 April. (Photo courtesy of Joachim Leow)

In a statement
released on Wednesday evening, the ministry said that if the party had
been carried out as originally publicised, organisers Creative
Insurgence could have breached one of the conditions of its licence to
use the CHIJMES Chapel and be liable for sanction, in addition to its licence being revoked.

"There
is no excuse for breaking the law, or for insulting or denigrating any
racial group or religion in Singapore," a spokesperson for the ministry
said. "MHA does not condone any behaviour that denigrates any religion
in Singapore."

Archbishop Nicholas Chia, who leads the Catholic
church here, on Wednesday also accepted an apology from the company,
saying the incident is a reminder of "the need for mutual respect for
all religions in our multi-religious country".

The image shared by Creative Insurgence director Aaghir Yadav, with the intent of promoting the event

A man was jailed for 10 weeks on Wednesday for attacking an elderly cleaner over an MRT seat.

Cheng Tai Peng, 38, who is now doing odd
jobs, was convicted early this year of slapping, punching and kicking Mr
Chua Teck Seng, 64, while on board the MRT train travelling between
Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang MRT station on April 3, 2010.

The victim had testified that he had boarded a train
at Jurong East MRT station and stood infront of a woman occupying the
'reserved' corner seat. As the train was approaching Bukit Gombak MRT
station, he saw Cheng standing beside him and using his body to push
him. Cheng was trying to rush for that corner seat.

When the victim told Cheng that he should
not bully an old man for the seat, Cheng retorted: 'So what if you are
an old man? You think old man have a golden tablet?' In the olden days,
the golden tablet could be used to prevent one from being sent to death.

SINGAPORE: Former MediaCorp actor Ng Aik Leong, better known
as Huang Yiliang, was fined $3,000 on Thursday for hurting a woman who
failed to clean up after her dog.

The 50-year-old man, who left
MediaCorp in 2008 and currently owns a production house, pleaded guilty
to voluntarily causing hurt.
The altercation took place near Toa Payoh Lorong 2 on May 20, 2011.
48-year-old
Mdm Tan Buay Huang was walking her dog when Ng noticed from inside his
car that she did not dispose of her dog's faeces properly.

He drove up to her and scolded her for not cleaning up.
Both
parties started to quarrel and the incident escalated to the point
where Ng and the victim started video-recording and taking pictures of
each other with their handphones.

The court also heard that Mdm Tan later tried to prevent Ng from leaving by standing in front of his car.

Ng then got out of his car, grabbed Mdm Tan's neck and pushed her aside, causing her to fall.

The move to scrap one avenue for rich foreigners to
fast-track their permanent residency applications by parking large sums
of money here will have little impact on the Republic's economy,
analysts noted.

In fact, an analyst went as far as to
describe the Financial Investor Scheme (FIS) - started in 2004 - as
having "outlived its usefulness".

Under the FIS, high net
worth individuals from overseas with net personal assets of S$20 million
- and at least S$10 million of assets held in Singapore for five years -
can, via the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), expedite their PR
application through private banks or other financial institutions.

Up to S$2 million of the S$10 million these foreigners park here can be used to buy private residential property.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Some scratch cars,
others burn treasured possessions and some, decide to sell their bodies.

According to Lianhe Wanbao, Alice (not her real name), 23, a final
year undergrad, started selling her body to get back at her boyfriend,
while in junior college, when she had found out that he was three-timing
her.

"I was angry for a whole month and wanted him to pay for betraying me", Alice said.

Through a friend, she signed on to become a social escort to humiliate her boyfriend.

She would leave clues for him and even intentionally let him see her with clients.

One of Singapore's top golf clubs said today that it will compensate the
family of a member who died in 2009 after being struck by lightning
while playing on its course.

The Tanah Merah Country Club
will pay S$80,822 in damages plus legal costs to businessman Soh Lye
Huat's widow and son, who had filed a lawsuit in April last year against
the club for alleged negligence.

The TMCC accepted an offer to settle lodged by the family, club general manager Mr Roy Higgs told AFP.

"The club considers the matter resolved and trusts that there can
finally be closure," he said, adding that legal costs would be borne by
the club's insurers.

Local media said it was believed to be the first time a Singapore golf club was sued by the family of a lightning victim.

The 57-year-old victim was struck on October 25, 2009 and died of
multiple organ failure after two weeks, local media said.